Manage Accrual Factors

For more information on security accrual factors, see Understand Accrual Factors for a Security.

To add an accrual factor:

In the Reference Desk workspace, in the left navigation pane, click Securities.
You see the Securities workspace with all the available securities.
Select a security, edit the security details, then click the Accrual Factor tab.
Click Add Security Data in the ribbon.
You see the Add Accrual Factor panel.
Complete the options on the Add Accrual Factor panel.
Click Add.
The record is saved to the database.

Add Accrual Factor Panel Options

The following are the options in the Add Accrual Factor panel.

Option	Description
Effective Date	Specifies the effective date of the accrual factor.
Source Type	Specifies where the accrual factor is loaded. Options include: - Gold Copy: the accrual factor is loaded directly to the gold copy source. This is the default. - Vendor: the accrual factor is loaded as vendor data that will be composited to the gold copy source. You must select the appropriate vendor Source.
Interest Accrual Factor	Specifies the accrual factor. For more information on security accrual factors, see Understand Accrual Factors for a Security.

You can edit security accrual factor data by using the override feature in Reference Data Center.

To edit an accrual factor:

In the Reference Desk workspace, click Securities in the left navigation.
You see the Securities workspace with all the available securities.
Select a security, edit the security details and click the Accrual Factor tab.
Select the accrual factor in the As of Date column and click Override Value.
You see the Overwrite dialog.
Enter the updated accrual factor in New Value.
Confirm the values for Start Date and Expires After, or check the Do Not Expire box.
You can select a Reason Code from the drop-down list and add a Comment or Attachment.
Update the fields as needed, then click Apply and Save.
The revised record is saved to the database.

You can delete security accrual factor data manually in Reference Data Center.

To delete an accrual factor:

In the Reference Desk workspace, click Securities in the left navigation.
You see the Securities workspace with all the available securities.
Select a security, edit the security details and click the Accrual Factor tab.
Click History.
You see Accrual Factor History screen.
Select the record you want to delete.
Click Delete in the ribbon.
You see the Delete dialog.
Click Yes to delete the record.